Sentence examples for he prolongs from inspiring English sources

Which is why, on a chilly winter's night he prolongs the too-brief visit with a long talk in his car.

Then, at the end, he prolongs the drama with a colossal fourth act-cum-coda that gives us redemption and narrative closure.

All the same, he prolongs the dialogue behind closed doors for half an hour, two hours, three hours... and after the fourth hour, the Eternal Father and Fidel exit arm in arm, conversing and smiling.

Ali taunted his opponent as he prolonged the fight so he could cruelly pick apart Patterson.

He joked that he "prolonged his adolescence a little too long" while playing as many seasons as he did.

In 2012, he got an offer to write a book but he wasn't sure what he would write about, so he prolonged it until 2014.

He declared that soon "America's longest war will finally be over" while failing to mention that, as president, he prolonged it.

Even allowing for the distortion caused by fighting on too long as he prolonged his career, it is clear what Durán's perfect fighting weight was.

He finished off the Philadelphia 76ers in the N.B.A. finals two years ago, and he prolonged the Lakers' dynasty for another season with his heroic buzzer-beating 3 against Sacramento in last year's Western Conference championship series.

It is possible to argue that he prolonged the war by inducing FDR to join in the invasion of North Africa and in getting the Allies bogged down in the long slog up Italy.

Ferguson describes his admiration for Beckham in the way he prolonged his career and tenaciously fought to earn moves to Milan and Paris Saint-Germain after leaving for the US, but the underlying tone is sadness at what he views as a talent squandered.